Revealed: Britain's secret plans to invade America

The Sunday Herald | October 31, 1999| | Copyright

It was the hidden crisis of the Crimean War ... now Trevor Royle reveals the full story behind the disagreement which took British generals to the brink of war with the USA

THERE was no doubt about it. Short of an unlikely diplomatic climbdown, Britain and the United States were standing on the brink of war. A top secret despatch from the US ambassador to the Court of St James on November 16 1855 said it all: relations between Washington and London were so bad that a conflict was inevitable. The Royal Navy might shortly be bombarding the US eastern seaboard. The British government had ...

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